Street Fashion: BUST Craftacular

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Apneet Kaur, 20, vendor and model with Market Publique, Inwood
Apneet is wearing all vintage. Her top is from Hold My Gold vintage.

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Apneet finishes off her all-vintage look with shoes from Buffalo Exchange (locations throughout the city; visit buffaloexchange.com).

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Erica Setness, 30; vendor and model with Market Publique; Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Erica wear a vintage dress from a thrift store in Seattle.

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"Random street vendors always have the best jewelry," says Erica of her large, silver statement ring. She wears an Iosellini ring on the opposite hand, which she got at Barneys (locations throughout the city; visit barneys.com).

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"These are actually men's tuxedo shoes I got from Daffy's [locations throughout the city; visit daffys.com]," says Erica of her shiny, patent leather shoes.

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Kate Berlin, 26; Bushwick, Brooklyn
"My mother grew up in Africa in the late '60s, and this shirt is something she handed down to me," says Kate of her vintage, printed frock, worn underneath her layers of jackets.

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Kate purchased these black lace-up boots from Nordstrom Rack (60 E 14th St between Broadway and 4th Ave; 212-220-2080, nordstromrack.com).

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Alita Edgar, 30; designer and vendor of Charm School Design; Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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"I got this hat from a friend, who probably got it passed down from a great-aunt, or some fabulous relative down the line," says Alita about the vintage, brown hat she wears off to the side.

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Alita's boots are also vintage. "So basically, everything I'm wearing is vintage!"

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Jed Dore, 33; artist and vendor of Ink and Sword; Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Jed sports a Dickies watch.

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"I got this hat at a hat store somewhere in New York.... I can't remember. I know that really helps."

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Emily Postula, 28; jewelry vendor of Torch Song Metals; Nyack, NY

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Emily made this delicate quartz necklace.

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"I'm only wearing jewelry I made," says Emily of her brass-knuckle ring (from her Street Style collection) and pyramid stacking rings.

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Another creation of Emily's spells out the phonetics of her name, "M-L-E."

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Alison Mahoney, "30-ish," designer and vendor of ARIA by Alison, Upper East Side
"Everything I make is musically named. I am a classically trained opera singer, so I name everything after opera and musical theater," says Alison about her handmade collection. "I actually started this to keep busy backstage."

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Alison is wearing the Puccini poncho.

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"My mom got this for me from a vintage shop in Tennessee," says Alison of her eye-catching amber ring.

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"This is a headband from my bridal collection," says Alison about her gold, beaded headband.

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Kate Danielowshi, 30, Hell's Kitchen

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"I got married a few months ago, and Alison made the headpiece I wore at my wedding," says Kate of the similar headpiece she wears while helping out Alison Mahoney of ARIA by Alison at the Craftacular. "I'm here for support."

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Kate got this pen necklace on Amazon. Her sparkling wedding ring is a replica of an antique.

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Sarah O. Green, 42; designer and vendor of Mountain Ash Design; East Topsham, VT
"We drove here from Vermont for the day! We woke up at 3:30am to head down here," says Sarah about being a vendor at the Craftacular.

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Sarah wears one of her handmade wrap skirts, inspired by aprons.